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std: Update randomness implementation on Windows - #45370
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This commit updates the OS random number generator on Windows to match the upstream implementation in the `rand` crate. First proposed in rust-random/rand#111 this implementation uses a "private" API of `RtlGenRandom`. Despite the [documentation][dox] indicating this is a private function its widespread use in Chromium and Firefox as well as [comments] from Microsoft internally indicates that it's highly unlikely to break. Another motivation for switching this is to also attempt to make progress on rust-lang#44911. It may be the case that this function succeeds while the previous implementation may fail in "weird" scenarios. [dox]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa387694(v=vs.85).aspx [comments]: rust-random/rand#111 (comment)
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Oh of course, SystemFunction036 😨
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#define RtlGenRandom SystemFunction036
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Could you add a comment about why its used.
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std: Update randomness implementation on Windows This commit updates the OS random number generator on Windows to match the upstream implementation in the `rand` crate. First proposed in rust-random/rand#111 this implementation uses a "private" API of `RtlGenRandom`. Despite the [documentation][dox] indicating this is a private function its widespread use in Chromium and Firefox as well as [comments] from Microsoft internally indicates that it's highly unlikely to break. Another motivation for switching this is to also attempt to make progress on #44911. It may be the case that this function succeeds while the previous implementation may fail in "weird" scenarios. [dox]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa387694(v=vs.85).aspx [comments]: rust-random/rand#111 (comment)
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This commit updates the OS random number generator on Windows to match the
upstream implementation in the
randcrate. First proposed inrust-random/rand#111 this implementation uses a "private" API of
RtlGenRandom. Despite the documentation indicating this is a privatefunction its widespread use in Chromium and Firefox as well as comments from
Microsoft internally indicates that it's highly unlikely to break.
Another motivation for switching this is to also attempt to make progress
on #44911. It may be the case that this function succeeds while the previous
implementation may fail in "weird" scenarios.